Top-10 Pop Songs Ever
Here is my top-10 list of pop songs ever. But first, I’ll provide you with the criteria I used to select these songs.
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J.J. Richardson
- Oct 15, 2022
- 5 min
Subtlety—Speaking the Real Truth
Subtlety allows readers to think something else is going on, something hiding, something faintly suggested.
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J.J. Richardson
- Oct 10, 2022
- 8 min
Description: Up-close and Personal
Beginning writers must learn that their readers can’t visualize what the author sees and feels unless the author tells them.
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J.J. Richardson
- Sep 27, 2022
- 6 min
Obsession with Violence
What happens when opposing views come into conflict? That’s when trouble appears.
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J.J. Richardson
- Aug 25, 2022
- 10 min
Top-3 Teachers
William Joseph Clabby, Dorothy Jean Worthy, and Robert E. Heninger.
400
J.J. Richardson
- Aug 4, 2022
- 7 min
Dry Humor to Wet Your Whistle
The greatest benefit of dry humor is you get to skip the awkward, unnatural machinations of ordinary joke-telling.
440
J.J. Richardson
- Jul 25, 2022
- 14 min
How to Be an Ideal Parent
How can we manage the task of raising children over a twenty-year span when it seems no one knows for sure how to do it?
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J.J. Richardson
- May 2, 2022
- 4 min
What's Wrong with Ideal Heroines?
If everything else is idealized in fiction, why can’t women be, also?
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J.J. Richardson
- Apr 4, 2022
- 6 min
Sincerity
How can we impart knowledge, wisdom, and kindness to our relatives, friends, neighbors, and coworkers, without sincerity?
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J.J. Richardson
- Mar 13, 2022
- 5 min
The Ubiquitous I
A common problem beginning authors have when writing in first person is to overuse the word, “I.”
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J.J. Richardson
- Dec 19, 2021
- 7 min
All About Copyrights and Patents
I have assembled this summary where all pertinent information regarding copyrights and patents is found.
520
J.J. Richardson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 5 min
Low Self-esteem
At some point most of us learn that bullies are weak people. We learn they’re not so tough once we’ve had enough and finally confront them.
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J.J. Richardson
- Oct 7, 2021
- 10 min
Top-10 Paragraphs
Why are there numerous sites devoted to Top-10 Movies, Top-10 Fiction Books, and Top-10 NFL players, but none for Top-10 Paragraphs?
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J.J. Richardson
- Sep 24, 2021
- 9 min
Ideologue
I long for persuasion over coercion, teaching over indoctrination, and example over cancellation.
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J.J. Richardson
- Sep 21, 2021
- 5 min
Procrastination
Rest assured, procrastination is not about laziness or lack of self-control.
330
J.J. Richardson
- Aug 26, 2021
- 3 min
Advice for Engaged Couples
Here is the most important and concise list of principles I can find for young people considering marriage.
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J.J. Richardson
- Jul 28, 2021
- 5 min
Tantrum Movies
It’s a tragedy when a moviemaker causes the story’s theme to become the story itself and dominate over the plot like a pack of wolves.
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J.J. Richardson
- Jul 23, 2021
- 14 min
What is a Conservative?
The modern conservative movement is in line with the liberal movement of the 1960s.
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J.J. Richardson
- Jun 30, 2021
- 5 min
Stop Asking Me Questions
It's your job as the author to answer questions, not the reader's.
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J.J. Richardson
- Jun 20, 2021
- 8 min
The Best Mother
I learned over the years that our mother wasn't the meanest mother in the word, but the best.
360
J.J. Richardson
- May 31, 2021
- 4 min
How to Get My Characters to Act
Few articles are written about how to get fictional characters to act. This article explains how to do it.
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J.J. Richardson
- May 16, 2021
- 4 min
Plastic Recycling
It didn’t take me more than a half-hour of casual Internet research to understand why we’re not recycling plastics like we wish we could.
540
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